A trailer containing video games and household items was reported stolen Friday from a loading dock at 30 E. Oakton St. The trailer was found abandoned and empty at Winthrop Drive and Oakton Street, police said.

A 1998 Freightliner tractor was stolen overnight Thursday from the loading dock of J.F. Martin Cartage, 2641 Greenleaf St., police said. The company estimated the tractor's value at $82,000. No arrests have been made.

Patrick Angelo stops at the McDonald's on Ontario Street, where his order of 80 hamburgers and 47 coffees is ready and waiting. He pays the tab and then gingerly places the boxes on the back seat of his black Cadillac before pulling out of the parking lot and heading east. Angelo has followed that routine twice a week for the past dozen years, leaving his northwest suburban home to deliver dinner, blankets and other creature comforts to the homeless on Chicago's Lower Wacker Drive.

A store and a nearby mall were evacuated Monday after a bomb-like device that included a liquid propane tank was found on a store loading dock. Authorities were able to dismantle the device. A leaking propane cylinder connected to a timer designed to ignite the vapors was found on a Kmart loading dock. The Ft. McCoy bomb squad was called, Marshfield Police Chief Joe Stroik said. It was designed so when the timer went off, a spark would ignite the vapor leaking from the tank, which held 20 pounds of liquid propane, Stroik said.

At least 270 cases of PlayStation electronic games worth an estimated $120,602 were reported stolen Saturday from FGI Print Management, 1040 Muirfield Drive, police said. The thefts, either from the company loading dock or while in transit to Wal-Mart distribution centers, may have dated as far back as eight months, police said.

A power washer and ladder worth $1,300 were reported stolen Thursday from a business in the 700 block of Sheridan Road, a Lake Bluff police report said. According to the report, the items had been left near a loading dock.

Police Sunday charged a couple with possession of a controlled substance after officers became suspicious about their car being parked in front of a loading dock at Des Plaines and De Kalb Streets. Herman Bates, 34, and Helen Bates, 32, of 153 Garden Drive, Bolingbrook, were being held in the Will County Jail on Monday.